Attachment to corn-planters.



I. A.: COOK.

ATTACHMENT T0 CORN PLANTERS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1909.

- 939,983. Patented Nov; 16. 1909.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 26, 1909..

Patented Nov. 16,1909.

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WZM 62 0i I 7 I (torna o witnesses Anoazw a mum" on wow u uoamwsqsWASNINGYO FAYETTE A. COOK, OF ELKADER, IOWA.

ATTACHMENT T CORN-FLANTERS.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, FAYETTE A. COOK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elkader, in the county of Clayton and State of Iowa, haveinvented a new and useful Attachment to Corn-Planters, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has relation to planter attachment, and it consists inthe novel construction and arrangement of its parts, as hereinaftershown and described.

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment especiallyadapted to be used in conjunction with a check row cornplanter, for thepurpose of depositin seed other than corn in the same hills in which thecorn is planted. Frequently it is desired to plant other seed with thecorn, as, for instance, pumpkin or beans, and it is with a view ofproviding a simple and effective at tachment for a corn-planter wherebyboth seeds may be deposited at the same operation, that prompts thepresent invention.

With the above object in view the invention consists in providing theshoe of the planter with a seed inlet at a point between the seed-boxmounted upon the shoe and the valve at the lowerend thereof. The saidseed inlet is connected by means of a flexible tube with an individualseed box having seed-dropping mechanism which is adapted to be operatedby the same source of power that operates the seed-dropping mechanism inthe seed box mounted upon the shoe. The individual seed-box referred tois adapted to contain the seed other than the corn, and therefore itwill appear that when the corn is collected in the lower portion of theshoe and is retained therein by means of the valve usually employed inthe shoe, that the other seed is also collected with the corn, and bothkinds of seed are deposited simultaneously.

In the accompanying drawings :F igure 1 is a perspective view of a cornplanter equipped with the attachment. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of aportion of the attachment. Fig. 3 is a sectional view through the lowerportion of the seed-box of the attachment. Fig. 4 is a sectional viewthrough the lower portion of the shoe of the planter. Fig. 5 is a planview of a ring used in the seed box of the attachment. Figs. 6 and 7 areplan views of disks adapted to be applied to the ring illustrated inFig. 5.

The planter to which the attachment is Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 26, 1909.

Patented Nov. '16, 19%). Serial No. 509,636.

applied comprises a seed-box 1, which is mounted upon a shoe orfurrow-opener 2, having at its lower end a usual valve 3. The said box1, shoe 2, and their attachments are connected with the frame of theplanter in the usual manner, and operated by the traction wheelsthereof. The shoe 3 is provided in its side with a seed inlet 41, whichis connected by means of a flexible tube 5 with a seed outlet providedin the bottom of the individual seed box 6. The said seed box 6 isadapted to contain seed other than corn, which is to be planted with thecorn. The seed-box 6 is of the usual pattern, and is mounted upon abracket 7, which is attached to the frame of the planter. A gear ring 8is mounted for rotation at the bottom of the seed-box 1, and is adaptedto carry a disk 9, of which two forms are shown in Figs. (3 and 7 of thedrawings. The disk shown in Fig. 6 is provided with two seedperforations 10, while the disk shown in Fig. 7 is provided with three.

A shaft 11 is journaled in bearings provided upon the frame of theplanter, and a beveled gear-wheel 12 is fixed to the said shaft 11 andmeshes with the ring 8. A sprocket wheel 13 is fixed to the shaft 11,and a sprocket wheel 1a is fixed to the axle 15 of the planter. The saidaxle 15 is adapted to derive rotary movement from the sup porting wheels16 of the planter in the usual manner. A spindle 17 is attached to theframe of the planter in advance of the shaft 11, and a pulley 18 isjournaled upon the said spindle. A sprocket chain 19 passes around thepulley 18 and the sprocket wheel let, and the sprocket wheel 13 bearsagainst the upper run of the said sprocket chain 19. Thus it will beseen that as the planter moves in a forward direction and the axle 15rotates, rotary movement is transmitted from the said axle to thesprocket chain 19, sprocket wheel 14 and pulley 18, to the sprocketwheels 13 and shaft 11. At the same time the dropping mechanism carriedby the seed-box 1 is operated, and corn is permitted to fall in thelower portion of the shoe 2, and is held therein by the valve 3.Simultaneously seed is dropped from the individual seed-box 6 throughthe tube 5 into the lower portion of the shoe 2 above the valve 3. Themixed seed which is collected in the lower portion of the shoe 2 abovethe valve 3 is deposited in the ground when the said valve is held openby the mechanism provided upon the planter for operating the same.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure, by Letters Patent, is

A planter attachment comprising a shoe, a seed-box mounted thereon, avalve located in the lower portion thereof, said shoe having in its sideat a point between the seedboX and the valve a seed inlet, a flexibletube connected with said seed inlet, an individual seed-box having itsoutlet connected with said tube, a dropping mechanism located in thebottom of said individual seed-box, an operating shaft connected withthe seeddropping mechanism in the individual seedboX, bearings for saidshaft, a sprocket wheel fixed to said shaft, a spindle for attachment tothe frame of the planter at one side of the said shaft, an idle pulleyjour naled upon said spindle, and a chain adapted to be moved in anorbit about the axle of the planter and said idle pulley, the sprocketwheel upon the shaft having its periphery in contact with the upper runof the chain at a point between the axle and the idle pulley.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FAYETTE A. COOK. lVitnesses OTTO KLEINPELL, J. P. DONLIN.

